I picked up this checklist at a recent meeting. Although it was developed as a very basic list to encourage businesses to prepare for disaster, it can just as easily be used for personal preparedness.
- Do you know what kinds of emergencies might affect your facility (home)?
- Do you know what you will do in an emergency situation?
- Are you ready for utility disruption?
- Do you know what you will do if your building/plant (home) is not accessible?
- Do you know what staff, procedures, and equipment are absolutely necessary to keep operating?
- Do you have back-up plans for those operations?
- Do you have an evacuation and shelter-in-place plan?
- Do you have a plan to communicate with employees (family members) before, during, and after an incident?
- Do you have copies of building and site maps with utility and emergency routes marked?
- Are your employees (family members) trained for medical emergencies?
- Have you practiced your disaster plan recently?
- Do you practice and coordinate with other facilities (families) in your community?
- Have you reviewed your disaster plan and supplies in the last 12 months?
- Have you conducted a room by room walk through to determine which large items could be strapped down in preparation for an earthquake or similar event?
- Do you encourage employees (each family member) to have a personal emergency supply kit and a family communications plan?
Simple, but it is often the simplest things that get overlooked. If you answered no to any of these questions for your family and/or your business, start today to get prepared for a disaster.
Original: http://codenameinsight.blogspot.com/2009/01/can-your-business-survive.html
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